Great Western Loop

Took the speedy, lightweight bike out to do the Great Western Loop with some friends.  A few of us opted to "ride to the ride."  I understand that sometimes you need to drive a car to get to a ride (especially for mountain biking), but I think we do this too much.  The GWL is about 40 miles and we tacked on an extra 35 getting there and back.  I left the camera at home but took a couple crappy photos with my thinks-it's-smarter-than-it-is phone.

This doesn't do the scenery justice:

Free puppies at the Lyons Valley Trading Post, probably a good thing I didn't have my handlebar bag.

You name it, they got it.